CBSE Class X and XII exam will commence on 4 may schedule includes double shifts for the first time

CBSE announced the date sheet for class X and XII and exams will start from 4 May 2021 under a Covid Safety protocol. Exams duration will be reduced from 45 days to just 39 days so there will be double shifts in Class XII exams. 

On Tuesday, CBSE announced the date sheets for the Classes X and XII upcoming board exams. Class X exams will begin from 6 May and will be held in only one shift from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm and according to schedule, the CBSE exam 2021 for  Class X will conclude on 7th June. Teachers of the best CBSE schools like schools in Dehradun start early preparation for board exams that held in May 2021. 

The main highlight of the date sheet was that Class XII board examinations will begin on 4th May 2021 and they will be held in double shifts in order to minimize the duration of exams. The First shift of Class Xll begins from 10:30 – 1:30 and the second shift will be starting from 2:30 pm till  5:30 pm and the exam for CBSE Class XII will conclude on 2021 June 10, 2021.

The CBSE Class X and XII exams schedule 2021 includes 114 subjects and will be over in just  39 days,  whereas last year the duration was 45 days which means this year’s exam will be complete in a lesser time exam. It will be on only four days where there will double shift for exams which is for those subjects which are not offered in schools abroad. This year the students will also have an extra 15 minutes to read the question papers. 

CBSE has come up with a well-thought date sheets schedule as they have given enough days gaps between two board exams so that students can have enough time to prepare for the exam and this is due to that no stream of science, commerce, or arts doesn’t have an unfair advantage and everyone gets the fair amount of gaps in exams 

Additionally, CBSE has cut down almost 30% of the syllabus and the examination papers have been prepared in more option based questions whereas practical examination is considered CBSE schools have given the flexibility to individual schools where they can schedule practical exams anytime from 1 March 2021 till their theoretical exam. 

Important  highlights for Class X :

• CBSE Class X exam will start on 4 May with language papers in Kannada, Odia, and Lepcha.
•  The last exam for class CBSE Class X will be of computer applications paper on June 7. 
• Class X exams there will be 75 subjects in total.
• Exams for Class X will commence in only One-morning shift and paper will be of 3 hours whereas, subjects like Painting, Carnatic & Hindustani music will be given only 2 hours to complete the test. 
• Students are advised to follow CoVid 19  safety precautions protocols to maintain social distancing. 

Importance Highlights For Class XII :

• CBSE Class Xll examination will commence on 4 th may with the English Elective / Core paper.
• The last exam of CBSE Class Xll will  be of Entrepreneurship / Beauty and Wellness / Biotechnology / Library and Information Science / Beauty and Wellness / Agriculture on 11 June 2021 
• Class Xll exams will be held for 114 subjects in total.
• To minimize the duration for Exams Class Xll board exams will be held in double shifts. Morning shift from 10:30 – 1:30 pm and evening shift from 2:30  to 5:30 pm. 
• The second shift will have only those exams which are not held abroad and these exams will be held only on four days.
• Teachers from first shifts will not be given duty for the second shift 
• Students are advised to follow Covid 19 precautions protocols. 

CBSE has put extra safety measures due to Covid 19 as there will be strict guidelines to be followed by students in which students have to wear a  face mask and use hand sanitizers and maintain social distancing the date sheets are planned in such a way that there will not be any overcrowding in schools and schools can easily maintain social distance.